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Employment and Wage Prospects of Black, White, and Hispanic Women: Evidence from the 1980s and Early 1990s

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  • Marta Tienda

    (Princeton University)

  • V. Joseph Hotz

    (UCLA)

  • Avner Ahituv

    (Hebrew University)

  • Michelle Bellessa

    (Princeton University)

Abstract

Since the mid-1970s, the U.S. experienced substantial changes in the industrial composition of employment and wages owing to energy price shocks, increased international competition, and technological change. As the share of total manufacturing employment declined and service employment expanded in both absolute and relative terms, wage inequality increased, particularly between college and high school educated workers. Furthermore, changes in the legal and institutional structure of U.S. labor markets, including a decline in the share of the labor force that is unionized and changes in the enforcement of affirmative action laws, constrained employment options for unskilled and semiskilled workers.

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  • Marta Tienda & V. Joseph Hotz & Avner Ahituv & Michelle Bellessa, 1999. "Employment and Wage Prospects of Black, White, and Hispanic Women: Evidence from the 1980s and Early 1990s," Working Papers 321, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Population Research..
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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